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S T A N D I N G R U L E S 16 within 6 months of the respective unit certification and remained so up to and immediately preceding their retirement. SRB-5 Participation in the Disability Insurance Plan (9/16) Eligibility to participate in the UNUM LTD program ceases for any individual who is either not a member in good standing or has not joined as an Associate Member within 120 days of leaving a bargaining unit position. SECTION C: CONSTITUTION & CONVENTIONS SRC-1 Constitutional Amendment Package (9/98, 4/94, 9/10) The Constitutional Amendment package shall include a supporting argument of 200 words or fewer from the authors, if so submitted. Resolutions that are submitted to the Executive Vice President no later than 120 days prior to the Convention shall be published along with the proposed amendments. No other resolutions will be accepted before the Convention. Resolutions may be submitted at the Convention in accordance with Convention Rules. SRC-2 Past Presidents Attending Conventions (4/00, 9/10, 4/18) NATCA shall formally invite all past National Presidents and Executive Vice Presidents who remain members in good standing and their spouse/significant other to its National Conventions, and be responsible for all the financial arrangements associated with transportation, hotel, and meals. This standing rule does not include members who voluntarily accepted a supervisor/management position. SRC-3 Convention Attendance (4/00) The spouse/significant other of the current National President and Executive Vice President shall be invited to the National Convention. NATCA is responsible for financial arrangements with respect to transportation, hotel, and meals. SRC-4 Convention Fees (4/06) No member shall be charged a fee to attend any business session of any convention. This does not preclude being charged a fee for after-hours or non-business events. SRC-5 Ownership and Use of Convention Logo (11/95, 9/10) The Convention host local(s) will own the exclusive rights to any NATCA Convention logo. Individuals and/or locals may reproduce such logo only upon payment of a usage fee to the Convention host local(s). The amount of this fee will be determined by the Convention host local(s) but shall not exceed $500. SRC-6 Deleted (12/21) SRC-7 Convention Review Compliance (10/14) Within one hundred and eighty (180) days of the closing of each biennial Convention, each Local shall review their Local Constitution to ensure compliance with the National Constitution. SECTION D: DUES & INITIATION FEES SRD-1 Annual Membership Dues (6/90, 10/14) Effective January 11, 2015, the annual dues of the membership in the Association is set at 1.4% of the individual members' locality adjusted salary. SRD-2 Deleted (10/14) SRD-3 Membership Dues/Home of Record (11/94) Any member(s) on LWOP for service to the association shall pay dues commensurate with their home of record. SRD-4 Dues Deduction (6/90, 10/14) Active members who pay their membership dues via direct billing must pay such dues on an annual basis in total and in advance due to administrative constraints and in keeping with the FLRA decision (case no. 5-CO-70021). In the event that the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute (5 U.S.C. 7101, et seq.) is amended to prohibit agencies

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